HEC IRSIP Scholarship | PhD Sandwich Program | Lecture 128 | Dr. Muhammad Naveed

Описание: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan is offering a six month research fellowship abroad to those students who are enrolled in full time PhD programs in Pakistan. This is providing exposure to the PhD scholars which will enhance the quality of research that they will be conducting in Pakistan. This opportunity also provides to develop linkages between Pakistani and foreign institutions.

The objectives of the program are:

To enhance the quality of doctoral research in Pakistan.
To create a critical mass of highly qualified manpower that could contribute towards the development of Pakistan.
To facilitate assimilation, absorption and transfer of important and promising scientific and technological knowledge information to achieve repaid economic progress.
To provide opportunities to doctoral students for training/ research work at advanced research labs of reputed universities abroad and to interact with foreign scientist working at frontiers of knowledge.
To explore avenues for further collaboration internationally.
To introduce Pakistani talent globally.
To disseminate information about research in Pakistan.
To bring standard of doctoral research at par with international standards.

Eligibility Criteria
AJK/Pakistani national who is full time PhD student
Completed coursework of 18 credit hours, at least.
Scholar is eligible to apply after 2 year of enrollment and maximum up to 3.5 years in PhD program.
Passed the local GAT subject test OR Univeristy Admission Test at the time of registration/enrolelment in PhD Studies/Program.
Who has an approved PhD research topic and synopsis by the Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASR) or Directorate of Advanced Studies and Research (DASR) or equivalent body of the university
Who has an official acceptance/invitation letter for research from a foreign university/institute/ lab. The university/institute must be listed in top 200 universities list (either subject wise or over all ranking) as per Times Ranking of World Universities​ Or QS top universities ranking (topuniversities.com).
Your Foreign Supervisor should not be an ex-supervisor of your Local Supervisor.​

​​Submit application form, two copies, to the Project Director after filling as per instructions, along with the documents listed below.

Applications can be submitted round the year. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as they are eligible and fulfil the basic criteria.

Incomplete applications will not be entertained and will be discarded.

---- Download Application Form----

Required Documents:



Application Set 1:

Application form
Foreign university acceptance letter(s), in order of preference
CV of proposed foreign supervisor(s)
BASR/DASR approval showing approved PhD research topic and synopsis
PhD thesis synopsis (complete)
Local PhD supervisor recommendation letter
CV of local PhD supervisor
NOC from concerned HEC officer (if already availing any other HEC scholarship)
NOC from department/organization (if employed/ on study leave)
CV of applicant
Copy of passport
Copies of academic documents including PhD coursework transcript showing credit hours and grades obtained in each course.
Copy of GRE result certificate/card from ETS / NTS
Application Set 2:

Application form
Foreign university acceptance letter(s), in order of preference
CV of proposed foreign supervisor(s)
PhD thesis synopsis (complete)
BASR/DASR approval showing approved PhD research topic and synopsis
Copy of GRE result certificate/card from ETS / NTS

IMPORTANT NOT:

For Selection Committee Meetings after June 2013, upper world ranking limit of foreign university has been reduced to top 200 universities for the applicants from all disciplines Agriculture & Veterinary Science, Biological & Medical Science and Physical Science, Engineering & Technology, Social Sciences subjects.

Those Scholars who are already availing any other HEC scholarship are also eligible to apply provided they submit NOC from their concerned HEC dealing officer.

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About Dr. Muhammad Naveed
Dr. Muhammad Naveed obtained PhD degree in Biotechnology (Genomics & Bioinformatics) from QAU, Islamabad with distinction. He has won PhD indigenous & IRSIP scholarships from HEC. He has done Pre-Doc research from University of Ghent, Belgium. HEC awarded best PhD (IRSIP) Scholar of the year 2013 & QAU honoured him as “Distinguished Alumni” in 2017. He is doing research in Bioinformatics & Molecular Biotechnology. He has supervised 25 MSc., 30 MPhil. & 01 PhDs. He has published 51 research articles, 01 book and 03 book chapters. He has been awarded distinguished “Researcher of the Years (2016, 2018 & 2019)” by UoG and UCP.
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